Sealed bid proposals will be received by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (“NJSCC”) at their offices at One W. State Street, Second Floor, Trenton, NJ 08625, Attention: Maria Povacz, Procurement Project Officer for the following work:

Contract No.:                        HS-0096-C05
Contract Name:                    Health & Safety
District:                                 West New York
County:                                 Hudson
No. of Schools:                     2 (PS 1, PS 6)
Estimated Package Cost:    $1,074,953

Brief description of work: Complete renovation of toilet rooms at Public Schools No. 1 and 6, replacement and asbestos of three existing boilers at Public School No. 1.

This work will be bid and constructed as a single overall contract (one lump sum for all trades).

Bid proposals for the above work will be received from bidders registered with the Division of Revenue and Department of Labor, and classified by the Department of Treasury, Division of Property Management and Construction and the NJSCC in the following trade(s):

General Contractor with a DPMC Classification of C008 or C009 who will be required to also have the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) or required to engage a subcontractor classified in the following DPMC Specialty Trade(s) if not possessed by the General Contractor:

HVAC:                        C039
Plumbing:               C030
Electrical:               C047

Bid proposals must list the names of the firms who meet the above classification(s).

Bids will be received until March 4, 2003 at 2:00 PM (local time) at which time the bids will be publicly opened and the lump sum base bid price submitted by each bidder will be read. Any bid proposal received after this date and time will be returned unopened.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held as follows:

Pre-Bid Date:       February 13, 2003
Pre-Bid Time:       2:00 PM (local time)
Pre-Bid Place:      West New York BOE
                              6028 Broadway
                              West New York, NJ 07093

Plans and specifications may be inspected or obtained for a deposit of $150.00 for each set of documents, during regular business hours, from:

Turner Construction
515 Fourth Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-386-0480

Deposits shall be made payable to the NJSCC.

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27), pertaining to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.

The NJSCC reserves the right to waive any non-material defects or to reject any or all bids.

For further information on NJSCC, please visit us at “www.njscc.com”.